Advent Calendar 2015 – Wrap-Up

Sorry this took so long. I had a great time travelling and am now back and ready for the New Year. It’s a pretty exciting time to be writing about beer. While last year when I started it was all about what might come, it is now about what is coming. I met and interviewed a lot of up and coming breweries last year. This year, I get the opportunity to write about them opening. Like I said, exciting. I’m in the midst of setting up follow-ups and looking forward to Winnipeg’s craft beer community growing.

Once again I’ve been really impressed with the craft beer advent calendar. While I know there are qualms and concerns with the beers sitting for so long, having a chance to try unique and one-off beers is well worth it. So, let’s wrap up with some statistics.

Once again we had 24 beers, this time from around North America.

There were 15 from the USA and 9 from Canada

States and Provinces represented:

United States

Canadian Provinces or Territories

– California (3)

– Washington

– Massachusetts

– Colorado

– Montana

– North Carolina (2)

– Maryland

– New York

– Connecticut

– Michigan

– Kentucky

– Alabama

– Yukon

– British Columbia (2)

– Ontario (4)

– Alberta

– Saskatchewan

One of the beers, Evil Twin’s Smoked Pilsner, technically doesn’t come from anywhere in particular as the brewer uses other breweries. That particular one came from Connecticut, but he is based out of Brooklyn, NY.

62.5% of the beers came from the United States and 37.5% from Canada

I’m a bit disappointed that most came from the United States, but I suppose they were the ones who chose to participate. I’d like to see a more Canadian advent Calendar and I’m actually hoping next year there will be enough breweries here in Manitoba I can just build my own local version. Or maybe we will get a collaboration pack for Christmas…hint hint.

Over the 24 days there were some hits and misses. Out of all the beers though, my favorite came to us from:

Once again it’s been a lot of fun doing this blog-a-thon of beers from the advent Calendar. I brought some pretty interesting ones back from my trip and I’m looking forward to trying those. As for this blog, I’ll be returning to my focus on beer in Manitoba. I can’t wait.